Drake has never had a number 1 hit

[FreshAIG]

List of rappers that had a number 1 single on Billboard 100 as the lead artist

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (1)
PM Dawn (If they count) - A Drift on Memory Bliss (1)
Snow (If he counts) - Informer (1)
Ini Komozi (If he counts) - Hot Stepper (1)
Coolio - Gangstas Paradise (1)
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Crossroads (1)
2Pac - How Do You Want It, California Love (2)
Kriss Kross - Jump (1)
Sir Mix A Lot - Baby Got Back (1)
P. Diddy - Can't Hold Me Down, Missing You (2)
Notorious Big - More Money More Problems, Hypnotize (2)
Will Smith - Wild Wild West, Gettin Jiggy wit it (2)
Ja Rule - Always On Time (1)
Nelly - Shake Your Tailfeather, Hot in Heree, Dilemma, Grillz (4)
Eminem - Lose Yourself, Crack A Bottle, Not Afraid, Love the Way You Lie, The Monster (5)
50 cent - In the Club, 21 Questions, Candy Shop (3)
Ludacris - Stand Up, Money Maker (2)
Outkast - Miss Jackson, Hey Ya, The Way You Move (3)
Twista - Slow Jamz (1)
Kanye West - Gold Digga, Stronger (2)
Juvenile - Slow Motion (1)
Terror Squad - Lean Back (1)
Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It's Hot (1)
D4L - Laffy Taffy (1)
Mims - This is Why I'm Hot (1)
Soulja Boy - Crank That Soulja Boy (1)
Flo Rida - Low, Whistle (2)
Lil Wayne - Lolipop (1)
T.I. - Whatever You Like, Live Your Life (2)
Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (1)
Wiz Khalifa - Black and Yellow (1)
Pitbull - Give Me Everything, Timber (2)
Mackelmore - Thrift Shop, Can't Hold Us (2)
Iggy Azalea - Fancy (1)

 

[Vonte3000]

List of rappers that had a number 1 single on Billboard 100 as the lead artist

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (1)
PM Dawn (If they count) - A Drift on Memory Bliss (1)
Snow (If he counts) - Informer (1)
Ini Komozi (If he counts) - Hot Stepper (1)
Coolio - Gangstas Paradise (1)
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Crossroads (1)
2Pac - How Do You Want It, California Love (2)
Kriss Kross - Jump (1)
Sir Mix A Lot - Baby Got Back (1)
P. Diddy - Can't Hold Me Down, Missing You (2)
Notorious Big - More Money More Problems, Hypnotize (2)
Will Smith - Wild Wild West, Gettin Jiggy wit it (2)
Ja Rule - Always On Time (1)
Nelly - Shake Your Tailfeather, Hot in Heree, Dilemma, Grillz (4)
Eminem - Lose Yourself, Crack A Bottle, Not Afraid, Love the Way You Lie, The Monster (5)
50 cent - In the Club, 21 Questions, Candy Shop (3)
Ludacris - Stand Up, Money Maker (2)
Outkast - Miss Jackson, Hey Ya, The Way You Move (3)
Twista - Slow Jamz (1)
Kanye West - Gold Digga, Stronger (2)
Juvenile - Slow Motion (1)
Terror Squad - Lean Back (1)
Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It's Hot (1)
D4L - Laffy Taffy (1)
Mims - This is Why I'm Hot (1)
Soulja Boy - Crank That Soulja Boy (1)
Flo Rida - Low, Whistle (2)
Lil Wayne - Lolipop (1)
T.I. - Whatever You Like, Live Your Life (2)
Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (1)
Wiz Khalifa - Black and Yellow (1)
Pitbull - Give Me Everything, Timber (2)
Mackelmore - Thrift Shop (1)
Iggy Azalea - Fancy (1)

Macklemore only had one

 

[FreshAIG]

Macklemore only had one

My fault, it was actually 2. Can't Hold Us. Corrected it.

 

[Vonte3000]

My fault, it was actually 2. Can't Hold Us. Corrected it.

Macklemore only had two

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

The stats based on singles are heavily skewed towards the digital era so ive always found it amusing when people try to lump in current artists high number of entries in against old artists where album sales>>>>> single sales.


Though that works both ways its unfair to compare album sales these days to back then.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

List of rappers that had a number 1 single on Billboard 100 as the lead artist

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (1)
PM Dawn (If they count) - A Drift on Memory Bliss (1)
Snow (If he counts) - Informer (1)
Ini Komozi (If he counts) - Hot Stepper (1)
Coolio - Gangstas Paradise (1)
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Crossroads (1)
2Pac - How Do You Want It, California Love (2)
Kriss Kross - Jump (1)
Sir Mix A Lot - Baby Got Back (1)
P. Diddy - Can't Hold Me Down, Missing You (2)
Notorious Big - More Money More Problems, Hypnotize (2)
Will Smith - Wild Wild West, Gettin Jiggy wit it (2)
Ja Rule - Always On Time (1)
Nelly - Shake Your Tailfeather, Hot in Heree, Dilemma, Grillz (4)
Eminem - Lose Yourself, Crack A Bottle, Not Afraid, Love the Way You Lie, The Monster (5)
50 cent - In the Club, 21 Questions, Candy Shop (3)
Ludacris - Stand Up, Money Maker (2)
Outkast - Miss Jackson, Hey Ya, The Way You Move (3)
Twista - Slow Jamz (1)
Kanye West - Gold Digga, Stronger (2)
Juvenile - Slow Motion (1)
Terror Squad - Lean Back (1)
Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It's Hot (1)
D4L - Laffy Taffy (1)
Mims - This is Why I'm Hot (1)
Soulja Boy - Crank That Soulja Boy (1)
Flo Rida - Low, Whistle (2)
Lil Wayne - Lolipop (1)
T.I. - Whatever You Like, Live Your Life (2)
Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (1)
Wiz Khalifa - Black and Yellow (1)
Pitbull - Give Me Everything, Timber (2)
Mackelmore - Thrift Shop, Can't Hold Us (2)
Iggy Azalea - Fancy (1)

Nelly put in that work on the charts.


Crazy to see slow motion hit number one. I wonder if it woulda did that had soulja slim not died and it was released as his single.

 

[unstoppable589]

"i should sign to hit-boy, cuz i got all the hits boy" keep trying to hate on drizzy...

 

[hiphopfanatic]

not a shock

most hip hop singles never hit number 1

as someone said jay had his first and only with empire

which is crazy when hard knock and can i get a were ENORMOUS singles for example


but yea hip hop singles dont make it to number 1 majority of the time

number 1 is normally a pop act or a hugely trendy song like macarena or as of late "fancy"(not a jab) for example

Shouldn't "Fancy" count? I mean even barely, but it should.

 

[hiphopfanatic]

The closest Drake ever came was "Best I ever Had." It peaked at #2. Crazy to think that after all of his success, that's still his biggest record.

 

[DATMAN$]

how many rick ross or mmg have

 

[Paper Boi]

so?

number one songs are mainly for pop artists like katy perry and shyt

dark horse harder than most drake songs.

 

[DATMAN$]

The closest Drake ever came was "Best I ever Had." It peaked at #2. Crazy to think that after all of his success, that's still his biggest record.

thats really crazy and even more crazy kanye dont have 1

 

[Paper Boi]

Kanye has two breh.

 

[DATMAN$]

oh yeah my bad bro

 

[ROFL_GUY]

EM has the most #1 singles in hip-hop history